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Lettere Patent Ne. 109,309, dated November 15, 1870;

IMPRQVEMEN-T IN SKIRT-SUPPORTING iv-IOOKS FOR QORSETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making -part of the same.

Know all men by these presents:-

That I, DAVID HFANNLNG, of the city and county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-supporting Hooks 'for Skeleton and other Corsets; and I do herebydeclare the following to be Y,a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being 'had to the. accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specilicatiomandin which- Figures 1 and 2 represent front and kback views of' a skeleton-corset, to which my invention is applied. It is manifest, however, that the hook may be used with acorset of any ordinary or suitable construction, with or without shoulder-strapsainl hooks for' the same, as represented in Figure 3.

Figure 4 representsa central vertical section of one of the skirt-supporting hooks. i

'lo enable those 'skilled in the art to which my invention belongs-to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe itmore in detail.

The natureof my invention consists in providing the corset with metallic skirt-supporting hooks,.hav ing cloth or other texile coverings, by which they are Y secured to 'the corset-zone or girdle,'as'hereinai`ter de scribed.

In the drawing- A indicates the top; and B, the bottom supporting-bands oi' a skeleton corset;

C, the waistbelt or zone-shaped girdle D, the whalebone-bar coverings; and 4 E, the steel coverings, all of which are constructed and arranged in thenordinary manner, and therefore need not. be more fully described.

To the sides and back of the girdle G are, secured skirt-supporting hooks F, composed of metallic hooks curved in the foi-[i1 indicated in iig. 4, and covered with cloth or tape similar .to that used' for the whalebone coverings D.

The ends of the tape are folded back and hemmed down at the ends of the metallic hook, as shown at a, iig. 4.l

The skirt-hooks F are secured to the'onter side of the zone-shapedgirdle C, by stitching them through the edges of their covering-tape.

'lhc hooks F are,` in this instance, secured to the girdle C between the second and thiid bars D from the center of the front, andv also between the first bar D and lacing-barD' at the center of the back, as fully shown in'the drawing.

A shoulder-strap or brace, G, is secured -to the toppiece A at each'side of the corset, directly over the end of the rst bar D, at the back.

The central parts H of the braces G are formed of elastic tape, and their front ends are provided with -a series of eyelets, I, to loop onto hooksl K secured to the inner side of the top band A, above the ends -of the first whalebone-hars D, at the front of the corset, as indicated. v

vThe belts of the` skirts and other wearing-apparel are secured around the waist, above the Vhooks F, upon which they are supported and prevented from slipping down ont of place, and that, too, without drawing them injnriously and uncomfortably tight.

The spaces betweenthe vertical bars D may be covered with. gauze or netting, if' desired.

It will be noticed that the main body of my supporter does nbt dil'er materially from my improved skeleton-corset, and consequently possesses all of the advantages ot' that corset, in addition to the skirt-supporting devices.

I am aware that 'uncovered met-allie hooks have been'secured to a corset by means of sewing through holes or apertures formed in the shank of the hook, and Iam also aware that hustles have been sewn, buttoned, and otherwise secured to corsets for the purpose oiA upholding 'the skirts; but the useot` a bustle or continuous projection around-the waist of the corset' is objectionable on many accounts, and has been abandoned, and it is dliicult to secure the uncovered metallic hooks to thecorset, and at the same time they do not present a neat appearance.

The hooks lmade in accordance with my invention are different from the above devices, as they are metallic hooks covered throughout their entire extent by cloth pockets or flanged covering-tapes, which conceal them from View, and at the same time constitute the means by which they may be stitched most securely t'o the body of the corset.

This mode of fastening the hooks in place is more convenient than the one above spoken of, and more over it allows the metallic hooks to be made more cheaply and with a less inished appearance, all imperfections being covered up by the cloth pockets and as4 the thread, by which the hooks are fastened on, passes only through the tapes and corsets, and has no contact with the metal, the fastening ismuch more secure than if the thread passed through holes in the metal against the edges of which it would be likely to be worn.

Having described my improved skeleton-corset skirtsupporter,

That I claim therein as new, and of my invention, and desire Ato secure by Letters Patent as an improved article of manufacture, is-

The metallic skirt-supporting hooks F, provided with cloth or other texile coverings,'by which they are secured to the corset, substantially as' shown and set forth. DAVID H. FANNING.

Witnesses Tnos. H. DODGE, A. E. PIERCE. 

